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	<p>	While much has been hypothesized regarding Venus, it is essential to note that is the second planet from the planet earth. Its name was coined from the name of a Roman female Goddess of love and beauty. Historically, this planet was believed to be a star due to its bright shining nature, and it is believed this is attributed to the fact that Venus appears at sunset and sunrise just like the morning and evening stars (Sexton 64). While it is true that this planet is smaller than the planet earth, it is essential to note that they have certain similarities in their inner sections. After mercury,Venus is the second planet to the sun, with a distance of close to 108 kilometers separating it from the sun. 
	   Due to the fact that this planet is covered by thick clouds, its surface is rarely visible. Nonetheless, space explorations to this planet have shown that its surface is covered by volcanoes, mountains, craters, and big lava plains. Despite the fact that the planet Venus is not the closet to earth, it has hot temperate climate of close to 465 degrees centigrade (Adamson 4). This can be accredited to its dense atmospheric conditions that trap heat capable of melting lead. In addition, its atmosphere comprises of carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid clouds. Of all the planets, the atmosphere of Venus is the heaviest with its surface pressure being ninety times more than that of the planet earth. 
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		<p>Similar to other planets, the planet Venus orbits or rotates around the suns axis whereby it takes close to two hundred and twenty-five days for it to complete its rotation. Venus also occurs as one of the four rocky planets; hence, it is at times referred to as the terrestrial planet. Many at times, Venus has been connoted as the earth’s twin because of the similarities notable between the two (Sexton 22). Precisely, they orbit around the sun in relatively similar orbits and are almost the same in mass. However, the notable difference between Venus and Earth is the fact that Earth has one moon, whereas Venus has no moon (s).</p>
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<p>Venus  is also known as the morning star because of its brightness. It can be seen  from earth during sunrise and sunset. It is also the hottest planet with temperatures close to 460 degrees centigrade. Its surface is mainly covered with craters because of the high variation of temperatures.</p>
          
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